If Wall Street managers and investment brokers are all dishonest crooks…

…then what should we say about this?

Mega Millions and Powerball, the country’s largest lotteries, will allow stores in many states to sell both lotteries.

“We have reached an agreement to see if we can work together and cross-sell the games,” said Chuck Strutt, spokesman for the Multi-State Lottery Association, which operates the sale of Powerball tickets.

…Mega Millions is currently offering a jackpot of $200 million with a draw date of Oct. 16, compared to Powerball’s current jackpot of $30 million.

Shaheen said he expects to launch a national game in 2010. Tickets selling for $2 and $5 would command the largest jackpots ever.

“[The national game] will have jackpots as big as half a billion dollars,” said Shaheen.

But you’ll still have a better chance of being hit by a giant asteroid than you will of hitting the lottery. Teach your children math, people. They’ll pay less in taxes that way.